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I opened my arms, but she didn’t move. We stared at one another. Only three feet separated us, but it seemed like a mile.
“Easy.” The word came out a plea.
She hesitated before she took a tentative step forward. My heart leapt, an erratic beat drumming with her next step. One more. That was all we needed.
She let out a shaky breath and closed the distance. Without hesitation, I folded my arms around her and pressed her head to my chest. A sense of rightness came over me. I clung to it because I knew I’d have to let it go. Let her go.
Slender arms slid around my back. I closed my eyes and rested my cheek on the top of her head.
“I stayed at my dad’s last night.”
Her hold on me tightened, and she burrowed deeper into my chest. I wove a hand through her soft hair, clinging to her. She felt perfect against me.
Peace. Light. Sanctuary.
“I’m sorry I said those things,” she confessed quietly.
I tipped her chin up and was lost for a second in those open eyes staring at me. “I’m sorry too. Truce?” She nodded, and I grinned. “You owe me a roommate night.”
“Oh, I do?”
“Yep. I’ll cash in my raincheck tomorrow. Pizza. Beer—”
“And the Walking Dead. I got it,” she finished.
“You wanna sleep in my room?” A strangled gasp escaped her and she struggled to get out of my hold. “No. No. I meant—dammit.” I tried to regroup before I completely terrified her. “I have to get up early tomorrow. If we switched rooms tonight, I wouldn’t disturb you when I need a shower. You could sleep in.” I was rambling in an effort to make up for my huge foul.Who did this to her?
She relaxed, though her eyes were still wary. I suspected she did that a lot and I was only just recognizing her hurt.But that’s the Baker I first met.“No. It’s fine.”
“Okay. Sweet dreams.” I kissed the top of her head, both of us blinking at one another in surprise.
She released me, and I wanted to put her arms back around me. But I resisted.
“Sweet dreams.”
I stretchedout on my bed, staring at the ceiling despite the darkness. Where I wanted to be was only a room over, but I’d done enough damage already. Pushing when I didn’t really know what I was doing.
I wanted her. There was no denying that. But I couldn’t have her. Baker deserved more than just sex. She deserved a guy that would treat her right. Put her first.
And I wasn’t that guy.
Those lips. I’d been so close, yet hadn’t touched. I fisted my dick, the pressure building too much.
Those legs. God, her body. Every inch of her sweet perfection.
I hadn’t been thinking when I barged in on her shower. Didn’t consider the consequences. Like how I couldn’t get the sight of her wet and those feral eyes out of my head. She was wild and innocent. Fire and passion. And her body? Holy hell. She was stunning. Creamy, soft skin. Tits I wanted to bury my face in and suck. Trim waist, something I held at the club hours ago. Damn . . . every one of her perfect features rolled through my head.Fuck. So gorgeous. I wished I’d touched her when she was naked, the way I had at the night club. Inhibitions gone. Restraint at zero.Wantat 100 percent. Her name.
I pumped my shaft in hard, intense strokes. “Easy.”
Her name was a prayer on my lips. Torture and mercy. That woman was driving me straight out of my mind.
I looked down at my dick as I stroked, imagining her mouth around me, taking me deep. My cock swelled. I pictured her eyes, ripe with pleasure as she looked up. Hungry for me as I was for her.
My balls ached. I needed Baker. To feel her around me. To have her come apart at the seams because of me. My hand was a poor substitute, but it was the best I had.
I bet when she let go she was beautiful. I could almost hear her crying my name in bliss and that was my undoing.
“Easy.”
